Alliott Verdon Roe
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Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe OBE, Hon. FRAeS, FIAS (26 April 1877 – 4 January 1958) was a pioneer English pilot and aircraft manufacturer, and founder in 1910 of the Avro company.[2] After experimenting with model aeroplanes, he made flight trials in 1907–1908 with a full-size biplane at Brooklands, near Weybridge in Surrey,[3] and officially became the first Englishman to fly an all-British machine a year later, with a triplane, on the Walthamstow Marshes.
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Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe | |
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Born | Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe (1877-04-26)26 April 1877 Patricroft, Eccles, England |
Died | 4 January 1958(1958-01-04) (aged 80) Portsmouth, England[1] |
Resting place | St Andrew's Church, Hamble |
Occupation | aircraft manufacturer |
Known for | British aviation pioneer |
Relatives | Humphrey Verdon Roe (brother) Harry Stopes-Roe (nephew) |
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